His Excellency the President has appointed Senior Additional Solicitor General Mrs.Bimba Jayasinghe Tillekeratne PC, as Acting Attorney General from 06.05.2014, until the return of Attorney General Palitha Fernando PC to the country. She took her oaths before Chief Justice Mohan Peiris PC.

Attorney General Palitha Fernando PC is away on an official visit to India and is expected to be back on 10.05.2014. Solicitor General Y.J.W. Wijayatilake PC is presently on an official visit to Botswana.